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Nov. 7 -18. Indian Dummer - Western Grebes abundant.
Nov. 8 Went to Lake Merced. A few Bonaparte Gulls on the bay, Killdeer and Meadowlarks in Presidio (pigeon heard); Pinnatoons (Black) at Cliff House, also hundreds of Brown Pelicans - On Lake
(100+)
Merced a close raft of Eared Grebes floated like ducks, all
disappearing at once as they dove. They seemed to be following a
school of small fish. Pied-billed Grebes numerous - 35 species seen.
Beautiful Calm day-
Nov.11. Agitahole Pheasant crossed highway near Mt Eden (1 mi. north)
Nov.12. drove from Boulder Creek to Moss Landing where we
wandered about for 1 1/2 hrs. High tide just turning. In
lagoon many gulls on a sand spit still under water.
Ducks: Sory Scoters , White-winged Scoters , Bluebills,
a few Mergansers ( Redbreasted?) red on edge of hills - Two
ducks in flight with much black and white and with
white ring on neck may have been male mergansers.
2 Brown Pelicans, many Bonaparte Gulls - St. Blue Heron,
Corms, a flock of two or three hundred Wattle and Godwits,
most of them Walleis; Killdeer, 1 Loon, Commonants
Eared, Pied-billed and Western Grebes. Beautiful warm day -
Frost at Boulder Creek in morning.
Nov.13 Frost " Warm day-
Nov.14. Faculty Bird Section went to Florida Country Club.
Beautiful Calm day- Birds very abundant. On storage lake
Mallards, 1 Merganser (Red-breasted? female - till black)
1 Pied-billed Grebe. A pair of RedTails spent most of the
time perched on Telephone poles above lake or sailing over
grassy tillaide; two Sharp shinned Hawks, one Sparrow Hawk
and one large hawk with narrow long wings.